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SUSTAINABILITY
MAKING SUSTAINABILITY TOP PRIORITY
At Samsung Electronics, the greening of management, products,
processes, workplaces, and communities has been our top pri-
ority since we launched our sustainability strategy in 1996. Over
the years, we have implemented ISO 14001- and OHSAS
18001-certified integrated environment, safety, and health (ESH)
management systems at each of our eight Korean manufacturing
facilities. As of the end of 2008, 94% of our global manufacturing
network had an internationally certified ESH system in place, and
we expect the entire network to be certified by the end of 2009. In
early 2009, we established the Environment Strategy Team within
our Customer Satisfaction Environment Center to support and
enhance our sustainability strategy and execution capabilities.
COOPERATING TO MITIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE
We are actively involved in a number of initiatives to mitigate
climate change. Launched in 2002 as part of our efforts to vol-
untarily reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, our Catch
CO2 project has enabled us to progressively lower the carbon
footprint of each manufacturing process. We have also
worked to shrink GHG emissions by signing a voluntary agree-
ment with the Korea Energy Management Corporation to cut
energy consumption at our manufacturing facilities. Today, we
are focusing on developing highly energy-efficient products
and components that will enable us to achieve a standby energy
consumption of under 1 watt for our entire product portfolio.
We’re helping usher in an era
of sustainable, low-carbon growth.
We’re working
harder to create a
healthy, sustainable
world where
everyone can
dream of a brighter
tomorrow.
“
”
Hye-Jin Lee
Manager, Products Environment Group